Author Interview & Book Giveaway: So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore

Meg Mitchell Moore worked for several years as a journalist. Her work has been published in Yankee, Continental, Women’s Health, Advertising Age and many other business and consumer magazines. She received a B.A. from Providence College and a master’s degree in English Literature from New York University. The Arrivals is her first novel. Her second novel will be published by Reagan Arthur Books in 2012. Meg lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with her husband, their three children and a beloved border collie.

If you could travel in a Time Machine would you go back to the past or into the future?

Past

Night owl, or early bird?

Early bird

One food you would never eat?

Veal

Pet Peeves?

Insincerity

Skittles or M&Ms?

M&Ms

What’s one piece of advice you would give aspiring authors?

If you don’t really love it, do something else.

Favorite Candy?

Peppermint Patties

What was your favorite children’s book?

Betsy-Tacy and Tib series

How do you react to a bad review?

Stomachache

You have won one million dollars what is the first thing that you would buy?

A laundress

What do you do in your free time?

What is free time?

What’s your favorite season/weather?

Sunny windy fall day in New England

How did you celebrate the sale of your first book?

Bought a Nespresso machine

Favorite sport?

To participate in: running To attend: baseball

If you had 24 hours alone how would you spend it?

Reading, sleeping, organizing the house (boring! But true)

TV or Movies?

TV series on DVD or Netflix

PC or Mac?

Mac!

Beach or Pool?

Beach

Cats or Dog?

Definitely dog

So Far Away by Meg Mitchell Moore

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Gallagher is trying to escape: from her parents’ ugly divorce, and from the vicious cyber-bullying of her former best friend. She discovers a dusty old diary in her family’s basement and is inspired to unlock its secrets. Kathleen Lynch, an archivist at the Massachusetts State Archives, has her own painful secrets: she’s a widow estranged from her only daughter. Natalie’s research brings her to Kathleen, who in Natalie sees traces of the daughter she has lost. What could the life of an Irish immigrant domestic servant from the 1920s teach them both? In the pages of the diary, they will learn that their fears and frustrations are timeless.